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Month: October 2014

Once again New Jersey governor Chris Christie has stepped into the Deep Left Field Hall of Shame with a comment he made yesterday to a protester at an event commemorating the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, which ravaged hundreds of seaside homes and businesses in the Garden State. James Keady, who was attempting to […]

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Admit it, you were wondering, as we all were, exactly when New Jersey governor Chris Christie would finally come out of his self-imposed partial withdrawal from the public and the press, and exactly what he would choose as his reason for stepping back into the media spotlight he has shied away from ever since the […]

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There’s been a lot of chatter lately about who exactly is responsible for the rise of the ISIS terror organization in Iraq and Syria. Some of it has been incredibly insightful while other has been nothing short of paranoid and delusional. From my perspective, it seems that the creation of ISIS is mainly the […]

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It’s now less than two weeks until the midterm election. And it is more important than ever for Progressives to get out and make their voices heard. If you have early voting in your state, by all means vote now and avoid the election-day rush on November 4. If you don’t vote early, be sure […]

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Ben Bradlee, longtime editor of the Washington Post, died yesterday at the age of 93. He will be missed in a thousand immeasurable ways, not the least of which is how he inspired an entire generation of aspiring journalists. You see, Ben Bradlee, Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, and the Post, through their flawless reporting on […]

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When the political obituary is written for Georgia governor Nathan Deal (and it won’t be long now), the epitaph on the headstone will no doubt read, “Unemployment rates are something no one pays attention to.” These immortal words were spoken by the soon-to-be ex-governor at last night’s gubernatorial debate. Georgia, it was pointed out, under […]

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Probable 2016 Presidential candidate Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) seems to have a deep-seated need to lie whenever he gets in front of a crowd. At a campaign event earlier this week, Dr. Paul, who is an ophthalmologist, declared that Ebola is “highly contagious” and that President Obama should not allow passengers arriving from West Africa […]

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Keith Ablow, a psychiatrist and frequent commentator on Fox News said yesterday that Ebola was spreading in the United States because President Obama doesn’t truly care about the American people. In a spite-filled rant, Ablow railed, “His (Obama’s) affinity, his affiliations, are with them. Not us! That ‘s what people seem unwilling to accept. He’s […]

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One of the most restrictive anti-choice laws in the country took effect recently in Texas. Under this new law, 80% of the family planning clinics in the state will now have to be closed. This means that most women who seek contraceptive and abortion services will be forced to travel as far as 300 miles […]

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Last week, Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) said on a news show that 10 ISIS fighters had recently been caught at the Southern border of the United States. These fighters, he added, were attempting to infiltrate the country so they could carry out terrorist acts on American soil. Within the hour, the Department of Homeland Security […]